Today I’m done holding on to your memory. I’m throwing away all the cards and love letters I’ve held onto for far too long. I’m ripping up every picture I have stashed away in my drawer to remember us. I’m giving your old shirts away to someone who doesn’t know their significance.
I’m letting you go, completely.
I don’t want to scroll through my camera roll and see old pictures of you. I don’t want to be searching through my contacts and see your name come up anymore. I don’t want to find old screen shots of our conversations. I don’t want to hear old songs and think of you.
It’s not that I want to forget about you, because I don’t, not completely anyway. You became a huge part of my life, but that’s the thing. You were just a part of it.
It’s about moving on, I have to move on. It’s about me not thinking about you every time something good happens and wanting to run to you with the news. It’s about being able to handle all the bad on my own. It’s about me picking up my life and moving on without wondering what you’re doing with yours.
It’s letting go of the idea I thought I would spend the rest of my life with you. It’s leaving behind the traces of you that you imprinted everywhere. It’s being okay with being on my own.
It’s about running into you and not having my heart skip a beat, it’s about not getting tongue tied and nervous about what you’re thinking about me. It’s actually not caring anymore about what you do think of me. I don’t want to get butterflies when you say my name. I don’t want to be tossing and turning over the thoughts of missing you.
I’m letting you go because I want to be happy. I want to be able to be happy for you, too. I want to be okay with the fact someone else gets to spend forever with you. I want to be okay with the fact I won’t be waking up next to you again, and that someone else will be pouring your coffee with two creams and two sugars. I want to be okay with the fact someone else is loving your tattoos and your rough hands.
I want to be healed and I want to be whole so that I can find happiness with someone new.
So, today I’m finally letting you go because you and I are no longer anything and holding on to you is only hurting me. Today I decided I need to put myself first and leave you behind for good.
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It’s painful from the beginning but later on you’ll forgot how you felt before.
I NEVER want to let go of my son. I will keep his pictures, the cards, some of his clothes. I will never let go until I meet with him in Heaven.
The article didn’t specify that letting go was about getting over a guy who dumped you. I thought she was trying to say let go of anyone no longer in your life. And that’s where I’m not sure her idea works. There are people who we lose who deserve to be honored, their memories preserved. In many cultures families have their beloved members buried on family land. Some have a special part of their homes dedicated to ancestors. We honor history by creating museums and archives and statues. We honor artists by displaying their works. We honor the relevance of the past and how it shapes the future in documentaries.
Break up, YES.
Death, NO.
Someday – #jameslambrightmckendree
” Some people think it’s holding on that makes one strong . Sometimes it’s letting go ” ♡
love it.
It isn’t tht easy, cutting cord
Men are like buses, if you miss one another will show up, so there’s no point in getting that upset when you have a break up.
It would mean letting go of my son.Not possible
Para Siempre …..
HALLAUIA’
It’s a lovely sentiment but there are things I’ll never throw away.
Doing as others told me, I was Blind.
Coming when others called me, I was Lost.
Then I left everyone, myself as well.
Then I found Everyone, Myself as well.
~ Rumi
Beautiful
Paxy Pax Mayra Porras this was written for me
You should always put yourself first frd.
I can’t say this for anybody I’ve lost. They will always be with me.
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I wish it were that easy, when the one you love just disappears, not even a phone call or a message… well, it’s been a month and half ago, but it’s very hard to let go
Hello Lila, just read your message and see your name is Lila, I have a grand daughter named Lila. So thought I would say hello and wish you all the best. Better will come for you, have a fantastic day.
Thanks, Tony! I’m struggling haha, have a nice day you too
Hello Lila ,
” Dont let todays disappointments cast a shadow on tomorrow’s dreams ”
Respect !
This may be about a romantic relationship, but I think it’s applicable to really close friendship as well…
” Some people think it’s holding on that makes one strong . Sometimes it’s letting go .”
🙁 sad… it’s OK. That’s your choice and I respect that…I don’t force people to love and be part of my life…Love must be given freely
Bye bye dickheads… I won’t be seeing ya
@ItumelengHlalethoa
“I want to be okay with the fact that someone else will be pouring your coffee with two creams and two sugars”
Maybe someday, I’ll be fine with that.
I hope you are doing great, wherever you are right now.